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Look up: valet

  1. valet
    [n] - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer 2. [v] - serve as a valet
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. valet
    /--in a hotel, a department that performs personal services (as cleaning and repair of clothing) for guests. Acc to WEBIN 66 3-2529/ Category: Domestic economy
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Valet
    Val'et noun [ French valet , Old French vallet , varlet , vaslet . See Varlet , and Vassal .] 1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. 2. (Ma...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/3

  4. valet
    1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. ... 2. A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. Valet de chambre [F], a body servant, or personal attendant. ... Origin: F. Valet, OF. Vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. valet
    valet de chambre noun a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; `Jeeves was Bertie Wooster`s man`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Valet
    • (n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. • (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman`s person; a body servant.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. valet
    (from the article `knight`) ...not only in military subjects but also in the ways of the world. During this period of his apprenticeship he would be known as a damoiseau ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/4

  8. Valet
    A valet is a domestic servant performing a general role as a man's personal attendant and also superintending the other servants, a lady employing a waiting-maid in a similar role. Within the hierarchy of domestic servants, the valet was almost at the top, receiving orders only directly from his mas...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Valet
    `Valet` and `varlet` are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. Word origins : In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for young men. In England however, unlike France, these court roles later came to be called "groo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valet



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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